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Willis Group Holdings Ltd.

WSH is in the Financial Services Industry

Market Cap:$4.5B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$2.5B

Public
UK

Dow Jones Description

Brokerage Mountain! Willis Group Holdings Limited (NYSE: WSH), based in New York, NY, provides insurance brokerage and risk management consulting services worldwide. It clients are in the aerospace, marine, energy, and construction industries. In addition, the company provides consulting and brokerage services, including construction, environmental, healthcare, and captive management. It also offers services of contingency planning, security audits, product tampering plans and reinsurance. Founded in 1828, the company has revenue of $2.3 billion and employs about 15,800 people in 180 countries. In March 2006 the company acquired Gueits, Adams & Company, New York, NY, specializing in jewelers block insurance.

Number of Employees 17,000

Contact Information

10 Trinity Square

London EC3P 3AX

www.willis.com

(44) 2074888111

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Insurance Agencies and Brokerages: 524210

Company News

Recent Events

Willis Works Out Ownership Deal with France's Gras Savoye

11/19/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
BestWeek: State Legislators Try to Fend Off Federal Regulatory Effort

11/20/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Willis Group Q3 Profit Up - Update

10/26/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Willis Group CFO to step down

10/23/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - COO - View Story
Willis Group names execs

10/19/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Other - View Story
Willis Names Ealy National Partner for Midwest Region

10/19/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Other - View Story
Willis Names Powell CEO - Latin America, Willis Facultative

10/15/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CEO - View Story
Willis Group, Boston Properties Net Rises

10/28/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Willis Group appoints CEO of unit

10/02/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CEO - View Story
Willis HRH appoints managing partner of Colorado ops

9/15/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Other - View Story
Willis Settles With CNA

9/14/09 - Legal Settlement - View Story
Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo., business people column: Boulder, Broomfield businesspeople in the news [Daily Camera,...

9/26/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Other - View Story

News & Analysis

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Paul Hazen Resigns from the Willis Group Board of Directors

- 2006-10-26

NEW YORK -- Willis Group Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE: WSH), the global insurance broker, announced that it has accepted Paul Hazen's resignation today from the Company's Board of Directors. Hazen has served the Company for six years recently serving on the Compensation and Executive Committees of the Board. Hazen, the...

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Willis Group Increases Stock Buyback Authorization and Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

- 2005-07-27

NEW YORK -- Willis Group Holdings Limited (NYSE: WSH), the global insurance broker, today announced that the Board of Directors approved an increase in the Company's existing common share buyback authorization from $300 million to $500 million. The buyback is an open-ended plan to purchase, from time to time...

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Willis Group Reports Second Quarter 2005 Results

- 2005-07-27

NEW YORK -- Willis Group Holdings Limited (NYSE: WSH), the global insurance broker, today reports results for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2005. Financial Results Net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 was $119 million, or $0.72 per diluted share, compared with $96...

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Willis Group Holdings Announces Results from Annual Meeting of Stockholders

- 2005-04-29

NEW YORK -- Joe Plumeri, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Willis Group Holdings Limited (NYSE: WSH), the global insurance broker, outlined the Corporation's progress through 2004, reflected on sweeping transformations taking place in the global insurance industry and the Company's platform for growth at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders...

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Willis Group Reports Record First Quarter 2004 Results

- 2004-04-28

Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--April 28, 2004 Willis Group Holdings Limited (NYSE: WSH) First Quarter 2004 Highlights: -- Track record continued with seventeenth consecutive quarter of record results -- Reported revenues grew 20% (with 9% organic growth); margin expansion continued ...

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